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<span>Thanks Jorge,</span></div>
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<span>The DB manager also 'just works' apparently regardless of which boxed I tick. I'd just like to know what is going on or if I'm setting myself up for a problem later on if I load up 200 layers with the wrong boxes ticked.</span></div>
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<span>Looking more closely, it has got text greyed out if you don't check a box, which may mean it is setting it to the defaults shown, and you only check the box if you want to change it.</span></div>
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<span>It would be nice to know more rather than guessing.</span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 19 April 2020 5:41 PM<br>
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<p>Hi Michael,</p>
<p>An alternative is to use the "Browser panel". I use it to drag layers from the Layer panel into Postgresql. You don't have to choose any parameters. It just works.</p>
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I am trying out saving data in PostGIS, and have got stuck on the upload “import layer/file” dialog in DB Manager.</p>
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Can anyone recommend a good reference on what options should be selected?</p>
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It seems to fall into a gap between PostGIS documentation and QGIS documentation and I can’t find any information on what should be selected in what circumstances.</p>
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Primary key – should this be ticked and the existing id field selected? What happens if it is left unticked?</p>
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Geometry column – is this needed? Objects still seem to have geometry if it is left out.
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Create spatial index – this sounds like a good idea, but the one youtube tutorial I found (Klas Karlson) he left it unticked and said the layer already had everything. Is it needed for some source formats and not others eg shapefile vs geopackage?
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Convert field names to lower case doesn’t sound very useful, but I presume it is there for a reason, does anyone know the circumstances that would be needed?</p>
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